My Grand Plan Is To Live Off The Land My grand plan is to live off the land But first I’ll need to amend the sand Applying permaculture practices I’ll include a few edible cactuses First I’ll amend the grainy...Continue reading
Growing Bananas
Five years ago I started growing banana plants They were all free from Craigslist transplants Except for one, which was special, so I decided to pay It was an unusual variety and it was my birthday It cost twenty-five dollars...Continue reading
How to Walk a Dog Using Positive Reinforcement
After a thirty five minute drive from Ransomville to my Tonawanda home, I had a problem. Myself and two friends had picked up two boulders and it was time to place them in my yard and start landscaping. Tyler drove...Continue reading
How to Target Train Your Pet
Learning how to target train your pet might be the most beneficial behavior you could train. When an animal targets, you are asking them to aim a body part towards a specific object. Once trained, this behavior has endless possibilities....Continue reading
Caring for Mice
CCKC is going to the rodents. Ever since we stopped being a nomadic species, mice have stayed with us. Once we started farming and especially once we started storing dry food, rodents caught on. While this situation might not have...Continue reading
Caring for Tenrecs and Learning What Is a Tenrec
And a tenrec would be… Earlier I alluded to the fact that I wrote a children’s book titled “A Tenrec Named Trey: And other odd lettered animals that like to play” but forgot to mention one very important thing. It...Continue reading
Raw Diet for Dogs
Rare, medium or well-processed. With those choices, some are considering if a raw diet for dogs is better than a corn based processed kibble. Angela Dugrenier and Jeremy Miklas are artsy, animal-loving, spicy Thai-food eating people that I want to...Continue reading
Raising and Caring for Axolotls
Think lizards, without scales. Also think of an animal that is fully aquatic with rubbery pink, yellow or brown skin and feathery gills and you would have an axolotl. Axolotls, which are native to central Mexico, are fascinating pets. Here...Continue reading
Raising and Caring for Cockroaches
This past week, after months of searching on Craigslist, I found someone selling Blaptica dubia. They are also known as the orange spotted, Guyana or Argentinian wood…cockroach. Yes, I bought 25 young cockroaches, to live in my house. Their nymphs,...Continue reading